Fact sheets

Friends of the Earth produces factsheets to educate the public about policies being advanced in Congress and by the administration. Below you will find the most recent fact sheets. Click the project name (in parenthesis) to filter publications by project area.

Tax laws influence where we live, what we eat, how we treat wildlife, what crops we plant and how rapidly we cut down forests. By weaving a set of tax laws that match our society’s values, we can address environmental problems.

Tar sands oil is a high carbon fuel strip-mined from beneath Canada’s Boreal forest. This highly polulting fuel represents an increasingly significant portion of the fuel used in cars in the United States.